[SOLVED]Empathy Messenger - Dependencies Issue

[ray]

Hi,

I wanted to try out empathy, so i added the GSB source as described in the wiki and upgraded the basic packages [gtk,glib etc]. Next, instead of installing the entire gnome desktop, i just installed empathy and deps. However, it is complaining of missing deps.

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empathy: error while loading shared libraries: libcanberra-gtk.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I tried compiling libcanberra from the source, but configure fails with the below error:

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checking for lt_dladvise_init in -lltdl... no
configure: error: Unable to find libltdl.

Any advice?

Thanks,
ray

[gapan]

It obviously needs another dependency that you don't have: libltdl

[ray]

Two Questions:

Why arent these dependencies not available in the salix/GSB repos if they're needed?

And where can i find libtdl? I've googled but couldnt really find a source.

EDIT: Found that libltdl is included in aaa_elflibs-13.013-i486-1.txz in slackware, by googling.
This package is locked, but also isnt installed in salx.

Wierd?

[gapan]

libldtl is part of the libtool package.

[ray]

Installed libtool, doesnt solve the problem...

[gapan]

Perhaps it's looking a for a newer version of the library? Why don't you install the libcanberra package from GSB instead of compiling it?

[ray]

Configure still says cant find libltdl

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....
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking ltdl.h usability... yes
checking ltdl.h presence... yes
checking for ltdl.h... yes
checking for lt_dladvise_init in -lltdl... no
configure: error: Unable to find libltdl.

EDIT: i installed libcanberra from GSB, thought it wasnt there..
Shouldnt it be installed as a dep? Anyways, empathy is working.

Thanks a ton

[gapan]

Did you install libcanberra from gsb?

[ray]

Yeah, and now i got it fixed.

Thanks.

[thenktor]

EDIT: i installed libcanberra from GSB, thought it wasnt there..
Shouldnt it be installed as a dep? Anyways, empathy is working.

Why should anything from GSB be installed as dep in Salix? We don't maintain GSB